Marvel Studios Announces Squadron Supreme Film for March 25, 2016

Not to be outdone by their distinguished competition, Marvel Studios has announced that they will release a movie based on their Squadron Supreme line of comic books.

Squadron Supreme, first created in the 1970s by Roy Thomas and John Buscemi, are a team of superheroes analogous to the DC comics superteam The Justice League, which will first debut in the upcoming Zack Snyder directed Superman V Batman, also set for release on March 25, 2016.

Snyder’s film, starring Henry Cavill as Superman and Ben Affleck as Batman, was originally set for release for 2015, then pushed back to May 6, 2016, the same date as the yet untitled third Captain America film is slated for release. It is unknown at press time whether the dates will change again.

“Surprise, motherfuckers!” Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige stated from the Marvel Studios offices in Burbank, CA. “Thought you could get away from us, didn’t you?”

The core Squadron Supreme team consists of Hyperion, who is pretty much Superman, Nighthawk, who is Batman dressed as a black hawk, and Power Princess, who is exactly, and I mean exactly, the same damn character as Wonder Woman. Look at her.

It’s goddamn Wonder Woman.

“Realizing that they still don’t know what the fuck they’re doing,” Feige continued, “we just said ‘fuck it, let’s fast track this thing’. It still shows we can throw together a straight rip-off of the Justice League and put more thought into our cinematic universe than the Warner boys down the street.”

Adding insult to injury, Marvel has also countered the nine new dates that Warner Bros. announced with nine films of their own.

When asked for comment, no one at Warner Bros. knew who to talk to, the public relations team were updating their résumés, and Snyder was seen walking into a conference room with a handful of pencils, muttering “here we go again. Shit.”

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, starring a tree and a raccoon, is in theaters now.

A movie based on the original Squadron Supreme story arc would be fucking awesome. Even better, considering how much story there is, I’d love to see a Netflix series or something, like a 10-episode mini-series. It may be a Justice League rip-off but it has a tremendous story and I genuinely like the characters.

James Hooks has been a leadership and talent development consultant, with experience designing, developing, and implementing learning projects and programs for a diverse portfolio of organizations. His doctoral research was on the impact that diverse leaders of technology companies have on innovation and meaning making. He holds a masters degree in organizational leadership, MBA from Stanford University, and undergraduate studies in business and sociology at Chapman University and Brandman University, respectively. He also serves as Vice Chair of Urban City Fresh, a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on food education, and is a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters.